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Today is Day 269 of 2024
1789
The Congress approved the first 10 Amendments to the Federal Constitution, usually referred to as the Bill of Rights.
1847
Sculptor Vinnie Ream Hoxie born in Madison, Territory of Wisconsin.
1888
The Sherlock Holmes story “The Hound of the Baskervilles” first published.
1897
Writer William Faulkner (The Sound and the Fury) born in New Albany, Mississippi.
1905
American painter Mark Rothko born in Daugavpils, Latvia.
1906
Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich born in St. Petersburg.
1930
Author, poet, cartoonist and songwriter, Shel Silverstein (Where the Sidewalk Ends) born in Chicago.
1932
Pianist Glenn Gould born in Toronto, Canada.
1965
Saturday morning cartoon The Beatles premiered on ABC-TV.
This Day at the New Yorker
Proverb:
"Youth does not mind where it sets its foot." - Irish proverb
